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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 20, 23 January 1880, Page 2

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Berlin, January 21. It is stated here that Germany intends to acquire, some of the South Sea- Islands in order to increase her influence in the Pacific. . - Dr E. Richard Ivraner, who has _eon« -*»" Sydney, has been appointed— c>< " xSlrt: " enera l for the German J3«rprre~ih Australia. "j^.— — -"C" — London, January 21. . It is understood that the Home Rulers in . the House of Commons are resolved to prevent work during the present session with : the objebt of obtaining increased attention to the state of affairs iv Ireland. . The death is announced to-day of Jules Favre, the French statesman, aged 70. • Five per cent New Zealand loan 102-J. - New Zealand new loan 103j{. The-next series of -wool auctions is fixed for February 17. The arrivals to date amount to £0,000 bales. The probable quantity to be offered, including that left over from last - auction is 250,000 bales. ' The quantity of new arrivals to beincluded in the sales has - ' been restricted by the importers committee , to 250,000 bales. Arrived Hugo Hudson (?) from Port Chalmers, September 13. Consols 97-J. Adelaide wheat, 58s 6d. ■' Adelaide flour is unchanged. Australian tallow has further declined, best beef is worth 35s 6d, and best mutton 395. : <-A terrible explosion occurred to-day at the Leycett Colliery in Staffordshire, when 79 . miners were killed. - ' , . January 22. A large meeting of Home Rulers has been held, at which, on the motion of the O'Donoghue, a resolution, expressing sympathy with the Irish peasantry in their intense distress and their resistance to the landlords, was adopted. At the same meeting a resolution, was passed binding the Home Rulers to retain an independent at- " titude in Parliament. The Daily ?* ews today publishes a tele- . gramifrom Afghanistan stating that Mahomed Jan was gathering a large force, and is now threatetfiog the British position in and around Cabul.